I have lived in the same place for 20 years, come July 31st this year.

For the second time, last since 10 years ago, I went outside to get the paper and locked myself out.

Forgot my keys.

Luckily, my neighbor came home 15 minutes later and let me inside.

I forgot to add that it was 98 degrees today and very little shade.

Holy crap!

:O

Memorial Day.
Honor the veterans who served. Some fought. Some died.

It's not a happy day. It's a day to reflect and honor.

My father served in the South Pacific during WWII. He never talked about his experiences. From what I found out from family (especially his older sister), it was a nightmare experience.

Yet he never complained. His generation was truly, as Tom Brokaw wrote about, the Greatest Generation.

I hope everyone will take a few seconds at 3:00 pm Monday for silent contimplation.

God bless them all.
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For every person who complains about the cold weather in the fall and winter, there will be a like amount complaining about the heat in the spring and summer.

Today it was 94. Let the whining commence!

Left work a little early to go to a h.s. reunion Friday. By 10:30 pm, most of the people were GONE!

Old farts.

Another senseless case of a school shooting, the 23rd of this year and it's only May.

The one was this morning in Noblesville, Indiana, just outside of Indianapolis and only 60 miles from where I live.

It made me think back to when I was in high school in the late 1960's. We didn't have gun violence, we had race riots.

The solution then was to lock the doors and have policemen patrolling the halls and searching lockers. We, as students, didn't like it, but it stopped the rioting.

In our ever-increasing violent society here in the United States, we need to find solutions to this (among others) problem. Children raised in a violent society will become violent.

Is gun controll the solution? I'm on the fence on that. I believe we have a right to own guns. I'm not in favor of taking guns away. To me, that could lead to a police state. I am in favor of stricter monitoring of who gets a gun.

From personal experience I do know this: When I was growing up in the 1950's and 1960's, people owned guns, but didn't carry them in public. Only criminals did. A lot fewer people were dying of gun violence then, too.

I'm just staing what I remember. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion.

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50 years ago:

1. A slut was a very bad thing to be, degrading.
2. If a girl became pregnant, she had two choices: marry the guy (or else for him!) or move out of town. Staying in school was not an option.
3. People (especially girls) were very concerned with having a good reputation.
4. If you got into a fight with someone, there were rules. If you knocked someone down, you asked them if they'd had enough and would offer to help them up. No kicking someone on the ground, and no friends jumping in. Friends were only allowed to break a fight up.
5. If stopped by the police, you answered yes sir or no sir. No one carried guns except criminals.
6. People respected authority, whether it was in school or at work.
7. If you lost a game, you shook the other guy's hand and said good game. Anyone acting up while playing, whether a star player or not, went to the bench.
8. You were taught to be polite: saying please and thank you. Holding doors open for both genders.
9. People took responsibility and apologized when they were wrong. They accepted punishment without wimpering or crying.
10. Everyone in your neighborhood could punish you for acting up or call your parents. Children could play outdoors because grownups kept an eye out for trouble.

That's enough for now.

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My older cousin passed Thursday. He went to the emergency room with pain in his abdomen. The surgeons found a gangrenous section of his intestine and removed it. While waiting to see if they had taken all of it out before proceeding, he passed away.

So long, Ray. I'm glad you found inner peace before you passed. You were a good guy and you will be missed.

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Got an email from my sister today that says she was told one of our close cousins has died. Still waiting for confirmation.

I'm off to put flowers on my Mother's grave for Mothers Day, and to think about life.

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All of the women my age that show interest in this old geezer either want (1) to get married because they're afraid of being alone or (2) are married and want to have an affair.

So I'm still looking for a woman who just wants a fb (and I don't mean facebook). You'd think that growing up in the 'free love' generation would have a lasting affect.

Apparently not.